Stuffing box



Patented Aug. 26, 1952 QF'FICE.

STUFFING BOX Harvey J. Everett, Rochester, N. Y;, assignor 'to' Mixing Equipment 00., 1110., Rochester, N. Y2, a corporation of New York l Application November 5, 1947, Serial'No. 784,133. V

This invention relates to stuffing boxes for shafts and the like, one object of the invention being t provide an improved stuffing box having a more practical and efiicient type of construction.

Another object is the provision of a stuffing box having a split gland with means for maintaining a close fitting engagement of the gland sections with the shaft and simultaneously pressing the gland sections against the packing.

Other objects are, to provide a stumng box of the above character having gland parts adapted to be readily assembled in the stuinng box and removed therefrom, as well as a stufilng box having few parts of simple and practica1 construction capable of being readily manufactured at low cost.

To these and other ends, the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a stuffing box and gland embodying they present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation as viewed from the right in Fig. 1, with parts in central section, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view partly in section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

The preferred embodiment of the invention, herein disclosed by way of illustration, comprises a stuffing box, indicated generally at l for a rotary shaft l I, the stufling box having a flange I: for attachment to a container or other apparatus into which the shaft II extends. Flange I2 carries a packing cylinder or sleeve I3 surrounding the shaft in spaced relation so as to provide a chamber 14 containing the usual packing rings l5 and lantern ring 16, as well under stood in the art. Cylinder l3, adjacent its top, has a pair of laterally projecting brackets l1 formed with openings [8 for bolts l9 for attaching the gland parts, as hereafter more fully described. Openings l8 may be cut through the sides of the brackets, as shown in Fig. 3, to facilitate the engagement of the bolts therewith.

The gland is of the split type comprising a pair of half sections, 20 and 2 l, with diametrically arranged meeting surfaces, 22 and 23, respectively, as shown. Each gland section comprises a semicylindrical sleeve portion, as 24, and a flange portion 25, the flange portion of each section having oppositely extending lugs, as 26 and 21. Each lug has one side thereof lying in the meeting surface of the corresponding section and the other side 28 inclined outwardly away from such 3' Claims. (01. 286-32) 2. surface,so that the lug ist'aperedoutwardly from top to bottom, as shown. Themeeting surfaces between the lugs are recessed to provide openings, as 29, for the reception therebetween of the bolts, I9. For holding them in more precisely registered relation, the gland sections are equipped with dowel pins 30 and openings therefor, preferably located between both the sleeve andflangeportions and on each side of theshaft I l, as shown.

Means are provided for cooperation with each mating pair of, taperedgland lugs for simultaneously maintaining the gland-sections in closely fitting engagement with the shaft. and pressing them against the packing in the stufling box. Such means preferably comprises a clamp 3| for each pair of, lugs; the clampbeing preferably in the form of a substantially channel-shaped clip having a hat central portion 32 formed with a bolt opening and opposite end portions inclined outwardly to slidably engageandembrace therebetween the tapered surfaces 28- of the corresponding pair of lugs. Means are provided for resiliently pressingthe clamps against the lugs, as will now bedescribed.

The bolts 19 for attaching the glandto the stufiing box are passed at their upper' ends through the bolt openings 29 inthecorresponding pairs of gland lugs and through the bolt openings in th clamps 3'! and havetheir upper ends equipped with adjusting nuts 3-3 bearing against the flat central portions of the clamps. The headed lower ends of the bolts are spaced below the stufiing box brackets I1 and coiled compres sion springs 34 are carried by the bolts between their heads and the brackets H for resiliently drawing the bolts downwardly to press the clamps down against the gland lugs with a pressure which may be adjusted by turning the bolt nuts 33. By means of the coacting inclined surfaces of the clamps and gland lugs, such pressure draws the gland sections together with closely fitting engagement with the shaft and simultaneously presses the gland sections against the packing in the stuffing box. If so desired, the gland sections may have their meeting surfaces formed in slightly spaced relation with each other to pro vide more or less clearance for progressively drawing the sections together to take up for wear in the surfaces engaged by the shaft.

It is evident from the above described construction that the gland sections may be readily assembled and disassembled in relation to both the shaft and the stuffing box cylinder and, in assembled relation, the gland sections are resiliently maintained in the desired close fitting engagement with the shaft, as well as with the desired pressure against the packing, both of these functions being simultaneously accomplished and adjusted by the bolt and clamp means described. The assembly comprises comparatively few parts, of simple construction, adapted to be readily manufactured at low; cost.

It will thus be seenlthat the invention accomplishes its objects and while it has been herein disclosed by reference to the details of a preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that such disclosure is intended in an illustrative, rather than a limiting sense, as it is contemplated that various modifications in the construction and arrangement of the parts will readily occur to those skilled in the art, within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A stuffing box comprising a packing cylinder having laterally extending brackets formed with bolt receiving openings, a split gland having half-sections each comprising a sleeve portion and a flange portion, said flange portions having oppositely extending pairs of cooperating lugs, said lugs of each pair having adjacent sides recessed to form a bolt opening therebetween and the other sides thereof inclined outwardly away from said surfaces, a clamp formed with a bolt opening and having outwardly inclined portions embracing therebetween the inclined sides of each pair of lugs, bolts extending through said bolt openings insaid gland lugs and clamps and slidably engaging said brackets, the upper ends of the bolts being provided with adjusting nuts bearing against the clamps, the lower headed ends of the bolts being extended below the brackets,andcoiled compression springs being interposed between said bolt heads and brackets for resilientlydrawing' said bolts downwardly and pressing said, clamps against said lugs for pressing said glandsections into said packing cylinder and into closely fitting engagement with a shaft passing through said box.

2. In a stuffing box, asplit gland having halfsections each comprising a sleeve portion and a flange portion, said flange portions having oppositely extending pairs of cooperating lugs, said lugs of each pair having adjacent sides recessed to form a bolt opening therebetween and the other sides thereof inclined outwardly away 4 from said surfaces, and a generally channelshaped clip having outwardly inclined portions embracing therebetween the inclined sides of each pair of lugs, said clips being formed adjacent the central portions thereof with bolt openings registering with the bolt openings of the pairs of lugs, respectively, bolts extending through said bolt openings in said gland lugs and clips and engaging said stuffing box for securing said gland sections to said stuffing box, whereby said gland sections are drawn together and maintained in closely fitting engagement with a shaft passing through said box while pressing against the packing in said box.

3. In a stuirlng box, a split gland having halfsections each comprising a sleeve portion and a a flange portion, said flange portions having oppositely extending pairs of cooperating lugs, said lugs of each pair having adjacent sides recessed to form a bolt opening therebetween and the other sides thereof inclined outwardly away from said surfaces, a clamp having outwardly inclined portions embracing therebetween the inclined sides of each pair of lugs, said clamps being formed with bolt openings registering with REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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